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1946 Morris (Moe) Berg Signed Nuremberg Trials Ticket. He
was one of the most fascinating figures in baseball history despite
his limited athletic talents, a Princeton-educated multi-linguist
who joined legendary players like Ruth, Gehrig and Foxx on the 1934
Tour of Japan for the purpose of espionage on behalf of the OSS,
the precursor to the modern-day Central Intelligence Agency. Here
we find an autograph from the man Casey Stengel once called "the
strangest man ever to play baseball," provided in the most
intriguing format we've ever encountered, a ticket for the
"International Military Tribunal" of Nazi Germany war criminals,
better known to history as the Nuremberg Trials. Berg's black
fountain pen ink survives at an impressive 9+/10 strength, and the
ticket (2x4") is likewise NRMT-MT. It is particularly noteworthy
that the ticket is for Session 209, which focused primarily upon
the persecution and extermination of Jews in Nazi concentration
camps. As a member of the Jewish faith, Berg surely witnessed the
proceedings with particular interest and sadness, and one can only
imagine his state of mind when providing this autograph to a fellow
attendee. Pre-certified by PSA/DNA. Auction LOA from James
Spence Authentication.